Rock A Bye Library: A Book of Fables

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THE FOX AND THE COCK

THE GIANT AND THE DWARF

THE PARTRIDGE AND HER YOUNG

THE COCK AND THE JEWEL

THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

THE DOG AND THE RAT

THE BEAVER AND THE FLY

THE PEACHES

THE CANARY-BIRD AND THE WASP

THE QUARREL AMONG THE BEASTS

THE DOG WITH HIS MASTER’S DINNER

THE PIGS

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A Dwarf one day met a Giant. “Let me come with you,” said he.

“Very well,” said the Giant.

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When they met robbers, the Giant beat them with his club; but the Dwarf got beaten. At last he began to cry; but the Giant said, “My little man, if you are not strong you must not go out to battle with a Giant.”

We must not set ourselves up as equal to people who are greater and wiser than we.

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